Girl with cleft lip adopts dog with same difference: ‘There’s just a bond’
Elsie Garcia-Urbay’s son, Randy Urbay, 22, has had a similar experience with his rescue dog, Leo, whom they adopted from Cleft Rescue Unit in January 2024. Randy Urbay has a condition called Apert ...
A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...
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What happens when a rare disease drug seems to work, but the health care system doesn’t?
Cristina Brennan can hear the clock ticking. At the end of the year, her 12-year-old son Tristan will no longer have free ...
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New Bedford pastor nearly paralyzed from a rare disease. He's made a miraculous comeback.
Christian Fellowship Center Lead Pastor Brian Dube is making a miraculous recovery from a case of near-fatal paralysis from a ...
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Acute pulmonary embolism in children and adolescents in the USA (2016 and 2019): a nationwide retrospective cohort study
Acute pulmonary embolism is rare during childhood and adolescence. The high pulmonary embolism-related fatality among ...